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Thursday, December 25, 2003

IDF takes out Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza

Palestinians crowd around a car that was destroyed by Israeli helicopter gunships, during a missle attack in Gaza, December 25, 2003. Israeli helicopter gunships killed a senior Islamic militant and at least four other people in the missile strike in Gaza City on Thursday, medics said. . . it was the first such attack on Gaza for more than two months. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

IsraelNN.com - It is being reported that Makleb Khamed, the Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza was among the five terrorists killed earlier tonight.

An IDF helicopter gunship reportedly fired two air-to-surface missiles at his vehicle in the Sheik Rejwan neighborhood, killing the five.

May his name be erased.

In Doing So, IDF Prevents Mega-Attack

JPost: Hamid was riding in a Subaru with four others, according to Israel Radio, when IDF helicopters fired two missiles at the car as it drove through Gaza's Sheikh Radwan neighborhood, a frequent source of terrorism.

Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said that Hamid was planning a large-scale terrorist attack. "This evening, the IDF has prevented what I would call a mega-terror attack," he said. Mofaz did not elaborate further.

It was the first targeted counter-terror strike of its kind in more than two months. IDF spokesman Captain Jacob Dallal described Hamid as a "ticking bomb," and said Hamid "was behind a long, long list of terror attacks, and he was in the midst of planning a major attack."

Israel’s Channel 1 reported that Hamid was behind a terror attack that killed three IDF soldiers three weeks ago, as well as the attack on the Kissufin checkpoint this past Tuesday.